Benfica 2-0 Napoli: Mourinho's men get one over on Conte to end barren home run

Benfica ended their wait for a home Champions League win by beating Napoli 2-0 to reignite their hopes of advancing through the first phase.

Match Report

Benfica ended their wait for a home Champions League win by beating Napoli 2-0 to reignite their hopes of advancing through the first phase.

A run of seven matches without a European victory on home soil represented Benfica's worst-ever run and had contributed to their dismal start to this campaign.

But after winning away at Ajax last month, Jose Mourinho's men have consecutive victories and are in contention to reach the play-offs.

Benfica were deserving winners and led after 20 minutes when the ball dropped kindly for Richard Rios in front of goal and he prodded past Vanja Milinkovic-Savic.

Rios then turned provider for the clinching second only four minutes into the second half, although his low cross required a delightful, delicate flick from Leandro Barreiro to creep past Milinkovic-Savic.

Napoli scarcely threatened a fightback and are now just one point and two places above Benfica either side of the play-off line.

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— SL Benfica (@slbenfica_en) December 10, 2025

Data Debrief: Partenopei no party poopers

Given their barren home run, Benfica could hardly have hoped for more generous guests than Antonio Conte's Napoli.

This was their fifth successive defeat away from home in European competition, a new unwanted club record. It also represents their worst such winless run since a streak of nine between 1994 and 2011.

Conte is unlikely to reflect fondly on his 50th Champions League match as a coach, and his 17 victories in that time are the fewest among the eight Italians to reach the milestone.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

11' Match Event for Benfica vs Napoli

20' GOAL! Benfica 1-0 Napoli (Richard Ríos)

29' Highlight from Benfica vs Napoli

49' GOAL! Benfica 2-0 Napoli (Leandro Barreiro)

52' Highlight from Benfica vs Napoli

71' Highlight from Benfica vs Napoli

Line-ups

Benfica XI: Otamendi, Fredrik Aursnes, Leandro Barreiro, Amar Dedić, Anatoliy Trubin, G. Sudakov, Samuel Dahl, Tomás Araújo, Enzo Barrenechea, Richard Ríos, Franjo Ivanović

Subs: Vangelis Pavlidis, Samuel Soares, Manu Silva, Andreas Schjelderup, António Silva, João Veloso, Gianluca Prestianni, Rodrigo Rêgo, João Rego, Joshua Wynder, Tiago Freitas, José Neto

Napoli XI: Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Vanja Milinković-Savić, M.Olivera, Elmas, Neres, Buongiorno, McTominay, Lang, Sam Beukema, Højlund

Subs: Juan, Spinazzola, Politano, Nikita Contini, Lorenzo Lucca, Giuseppe Ambrosino, Antonio Vergara, Mathias Ferrante